Green Team Achievements
ADM Computing actively seeks to operate within an environmentally friendly manner by seeking to reduce, reuse, recycle and dispose of responsibly. Since the introduction of our Green Team, which meets once a month since June 2008, we have become greener by targeting the following areas:
Waste Management:
- Paper usage: Used paper recycled via reuse through printers and also scrapbooks. Duplex printers introduced in key offices.
- Monitoring logs and spreadsheets created and updated regularly. Monitor areas such as paper usage and bins
- Packaging: All packaging is re-used to send items out to our customers. Suppliers which use minimal packaging are preferred.
- Bins: On each floor at ADM there are now separate bins for different types of waste – clean paper, dirty paper, cans, other recyclables and general waste. These are checked regularly to ensure that employees are adhering to guidelines.
- Lighting: new energy efficient lighting installation in progress throughout building.
- Switch off policy: Regularly monitored.
- Compost: Acquired compost bins for outside and kitchen.
- Junk Mail: RTS all junk mail, this has led to minimal junk mail being sent to ADM.
Energy Efficiency:
- Nominated Energy Efficiency Managers.
- Switch off policy: Regularly monitored.
- Heating: Had loft insulation evaluated and further insulated as per recommendations.
- Push to have radiators off when not in use.
- Air conditioning: Staff discouraged from using.
- Building check for areas in which lighting/heating/electricity is in use unnecessarily.
- Coats and blankets available for staff suffering from any heat/fuel saving measure introduced.
- Use spares whenever possible.
- Toners/Cartridges: Recycled.
- Floodlights: Now on timers or run via solar panel.
- Coke machine/urn/printers etc: Now on timer.
- Water heaters: Installed new ‘water on demand’ heaters.
Efficient Transport:
- Switch to Local Key Fuels account.
- Increased staff awareness to efficient driving: i.e. reduce weight, pay attention to driving style, tyre pressure etc.
- Journeys carefully planned: No un-required journeys.
- Electric bike: All staff actively encouraged to use electric bike for local journeys.
- Mileage and fuel costs monitored: Monthly report.
Pollution Prevention:
- Toner cartridges: disposed of responsibly
- Cleaning products: Now source bio-degradable products.
- Waste management: In place.
- CO2 emissions: Offer remote support service to our customers, this has greatly reduced the number of ADM vehicles out on the road.
- Metals/monitors etc: Recycled via SWEEEP.
Effective Environmental Communication:
- Regular communication of progress to staff: via emails, meetings and posters.
- Reports: Regular monitoring of progress and key areas.
- Newsletters/press releases: Feedback to customers and stakeholders.
- Green certificates from suppliers displayed.
- Pledge sheets and training programme for employees.
- Involvement with local initiatives i.e. C4B.
- Announcement of achievements on website.